Maelezo ya B'Tselem (imetafsiriwa kutoka Kiingereza)
Aliuawa shahidi kwa risasi pamoja na mwanaharakati mwandamizi wa tawi la kijeshi la Hamas na wanajeshi wa Israel waliovaa nguo za kiraia wakati wa mapigano ya risasi katika kituo cha ukaguzi cha Hamas huko Bani Suheila. Kwa mujibu wa jeshi, risasi zilizofyatuliwa na afisa wa Israel zilimuua afisa mwingine wa Israel na kumjeruhi kiasi afisa wa tatu. Inaripotiwa kuwa wanajeshi hao waliingia Gaza wakijifanya wafanyakazi wa shirika la misaada ya matibabu. Ili kuyawezesha magari yao kutoroka, ndege ilirusha makombora. Wanaharakati wengine wanne wa tawi la kijeshi la Hamas na mwanaharakati mmoja wa Kamati za Upinzani wa Wananchi waliuawa mashahidi katika tukio hilo.
Maandishi asilia
Shot and killed together with a a senior Hamas military branch operative by plain-clothed Israeli soldiers during a gun battle at a Hamas checkpoint in Bani Suheila. According to the military, shots fired by an Israeli officer killed another Israeli officer and moderately wounded a third officer. The soldiers reportedly entered Gaza disguised as members of a medical aid organization. To allow their vehicles to escape, an aircraft fired missiles. Four more Hamas military branch operatives and an operative of the Popular Resistance Committees were killed in the incident.